The first five episodes in the Construction Climate Talks series have looked at sustainable development in the construction industry and the concept of green buildings. In the sixth film, released today, Roland Hunziker, Director of the Sustainable Buildings…
Here’s How We Scale Up Participation and Savings in Residential Retrofits
Our existing housing stock is an underutilized energy efficiency resource. We’ve only scratched the surface of its potential to save energy. Decades…
An Innovative Solution to Become “Energy Positive”
Oslo, Norway – Using the system for Guarantees of Origin (GO) and an innovative financing model companies now can become energy positive; creating…
City Leaders Must Take Control of Own Energy Future
Cities have more power to secure their own cleaner energy supply than they realise, a study at the 23rd World Energy Congress shows. Growing cities, already accounting for over 50% of global energy consumption, can no longer afford to rely on a centralised…
PHMSA Issues Interim Final Rule To Implement Expanded Authority to Issue Emergency Orders, Improve Pipeline Safety
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued an Interim Final Rule (“IFR”) to implement the agency’s expanded authority to address unsafe pipeline conditions…
PHMSA Awards $900,000 to Higher Educational Institutions to Support Pipeline Safety Research
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced it is providing a total of $900K to three educational institutions as part of its Competitive Academic Agreement Program…
Atkins Awarded Major Nuclear Contract by US Department of Energy
Atkins has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), along with joint venture partners Westinghouse and Fluor, to operate the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities at DOE’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky,…
U.S. Department of Energy Awards Tetra Tech Joint Venture $400 Million Contract
PASADENA, Calif.- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that its joint venture with Sealaska Technical Services was selected to provide design-build services to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Under…
Jacobs Wins Contract to Support Olin Gulf Coast Chemical Plants
PASADENA, Calif.- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it received a multi-year contract from Olin Corporation. Jacobs is one of several companies providing engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for facilities…
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins New Dounreay Design and Build Contract
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has won a contract to provide a new effluent treatment plant for the Dounreay nuclear site in the UK. The contract, valued at £7m, was awarded by Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL), which is responsible for…
